Which is harder to detect: Puppeteer vs Selenium for web automation?

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Hey! So I’ve been using both Puppeteer and Selenium for a while now, and honestly, it really depends on the site. Puppeteer’s headless mode is pretty good, but yeah, it does leave some traces. Selenium, on the other hand, is like the OG of automation, so sites are *super* good at catching it.

If you’re looking for stealth, I’d say Puppeteer is slightly better just because it’s newer and less predictable. But you gotta tweak it a bit—like disabling the `navigator.webdriver` flag and using proxies.

For tools, check out `puppeteer-extra` and its stealth plugin. It’s a game-changer for making Puppeteer less detectable.

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